128 Quotes by Lydia Millet

I love irony.

I think the best fiction is a form of psychological suspense, even though I don't really write in that idiom.

It seems to me that the time for subtlety in our American life has passed.

Do we seek delicate phraseology in politics or other forms of public life? We do not.

We paint a slow picture. You can see the brushstrokes. We don't get to the point, and sometimes when we do, our readers don't notice, in fact. It's so couched in nuance, it can fly right over a person's head. 'What was that you said? I couldn't quite make it out.'

At writing workshops, they taught us to show, not tell - well, showing takes time.

I had hoped that going to Hiroshima would reveal something small, gritty, and precise to countervail the epic quality of historical accounts.

The summer after I got divorced, my children asked to sleep in my bed again. It would be the first time we'd shared a bed since they were infants.

I have a king bed, one of those memory-foam mattresses that doesn't jiggle as you get in or out. Even if you cleaved it down the middle with a pickax, the thing wouldn't tremble. It's practically earthquake-proof.